I love encouraging people to consider customizing their Raw Default for Lightroom Classic (LrC) and Camera Raw because it allows you to start post-processing right from the moment you import without having to configure anything…
View More Using Camera Settings as Raw Default
Awhile back I wrote about how you can create a custom Raw Default preset and configure it to be your starting point for all newly imported photos. I do this myself, and occasionally update that…
View More Create a Reset to Zero Preset
This is another one of those questions I get on a regular basis, so today I thought I’d tackle this one, and luckily the answer, while not obvious, is actually very easy. Here goes: Presets…
View More The Difference Between Lightroom Presets and Creative Profiles
This is another one of those questions I get a lot, and the answer is more straightforward than you might think. First, here’s the difference between the two (which helps answer the question): Saturation: Dragging…
View More Why I Don’t Use Lightroom’s Saturation Slider To Boost Color
The latest update to Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and Adobe Camera Raw contained several groups of what are being called Premium Presets. The name simply means that these presets are only available to people with a…
View More Exploring and Learning from the New Premium Presets
Being able to edit multiple images really quickly is one of my favorite things about working in Lightroom — it was born to do this stuff (referred to as “batch editing” in Lightroom lingo). There…
View More How To Edit Multiple Photos at Once in Lightroom
If you’re curious which sliders control which parts of your image, Lightroom has a way of showing you. Just hover your cursor over one of the sliders (as seen below where I’m hovering over the…
View More Which Lightroom Sliders Effect Which Parts Of Your Image
Welcome back! Last week I started exploring how to make the most of the local adjustment editing tools when it comes to further refining them with the new Range Mask function, auto masking, and erasing…
View More Making the Most of Local Adjustments and Their Masks: Part 2